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"The trick was figuring out how to place the cameras and make assignments," "Oh My God" cinematographer Paul Koestner recalls, "so that no matter where Louie roamed on the stage, we had a suitable shot."
"It's highly entertaining," Schoonmaker says of Martin Scorsese's new film. "Every day I'd get these fantastically funny scenes in dailies. It's more of an improvisational film like 'Raging Bull,' 'Casino' or 'Goodfellas.' We haven't done one of those in awhile and I enjoyed getting back to that form."
Shot over the past decade by director and cinematographer Ben Shapiro, "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters" is a methodically rendered portrait of the acclaimed photographer's work and process.
For editor Christopher Rouse, ACE, director Paul Greengrass' frequent collaborator, the challenge and the exhilaration come from shaping material into a tight, engaging drama.
"Television moves quickly, but I try to maintain a feature film standard in the images," says "Homeland" cinematographer David Klein. "With 'Homeland,' we benefit from the fact that the story itself flows very naturally and is very gritty, and we'll go into many situations using the existing lighting of a location because it fits the overall aesthetic."
"The idea was for MOCAtv to be a repository of contemporary art where people could go for all things that fall in that category," explains John Toba, head of production for MOCAtv.